79th United States Congress

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79th United States Congress

1945-1947

First session: January 3 , 1945 to December 21 , 1945

Second session: January 14 , 1946 to August 2 , 1946

POLITICAL EVENTS

MAJOR LEGISLATION

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Senate

House of Representatives

''' (R- Massachusetts 12th )

MEMBERS

Senate

George David Aiken (R-VT)

Charles Oscar Andrews (D-FL)

Warren Robinson Austin (R-VT)

Josiah William Bailey (D-NC)

Raymond Earl Baldwin (R-CT)

Joseph Hurst Ball (R-MN)

John Hollis Bankhead (D-AL)

Alben William Barkley (D-KY)

Theodore Gilmore Bilbo (D-MS)

Ralph Owen Brewster (R-ME)

Henry Styles Bridges (R-NH)

Styles Bridges (R-NH)

Frank Parks Briggs (D-MO)

Charles Wayland Brooks (R-IL)

Clayton Douglass Buck (R-DE)

Thomas Granville Burch (D-VA)

Harold Hitz Burton (R-OH)

Harlan John Bushfield (R-SD)

Hugh Alfred Butler (R-NE)

Harry Flood Byrd (D-VA)

Harry Pulliam Cain (R-WA)

Homer Earl Capehart (R-IN)

Arthur Earl Capper (R-KS)

Edward Peter Carville (D-NV)

Albert Benjamin Chandler (D-KY)

Dennis Benjamin Chavez (D-NM)

Thomas Terry Connally (D-TX)

John Sherman Cooper (R-KY)

Guy Sherman Cordon (R-OR)

Forrest C. Donnell (R-MO)

Sheridan C. Downey (D-CA)

Henry Clarence Dworshak (R-ID)

James Oliver Eastland (D-MS)

Allen Joseph Ellender (D-LA)

Homer Samuel Ferguson (R-MI)

Ralph Edward Flanders (R-VT)

James William Fulbright (D-AR)

Walter Franklin George (D-GA)

Peter Goelet Gerry (D-RI)

Carter Goelet Glass (D-VA)

Charles Clinton Gossett (D-ID)

Theodore Francis Green (D-RI)

Joseph F. Guffey (D-PA)

John Chandler Gurney (R-SD)

Thomas Charles Hart (R-CT)

Carl Atwood Hatch (D-NM)

Albert Wahl Hawkes (R-NJ)

Carl Trumbull Hayden (D-AZ)

Bourke Blakemore Hickenlooper (R-IA)

Joseph Lister Hill (D-AL)

Clyde Roark Hoey (D-NC)

Spessard Holland (D-FL)

James Wylie Huffman (D-OH)

Edwin Carl Johnson (D-CO)

Hiram Warren Johnson (R-CA)

Olin Dewitt Johnston (D-SC)

Harley Martin Kilgore (D-WV)

William Fife Knowland (R-CA)

Robert Marion La Follette (R-WI)

William Marion Langer (R-ND)

Scott Wike Lucas (D-IL)

Warren Grant Magnuson (D-WA)

Francis Thomas Maloney (D-CT)

Burnet Rhett Maybank (D-SC)

Patrick Anthony Mccarran (D-NV)

John Little Mcclellan (D-AR)

Ernest William Mcfarland (D-AZ)

Kenneth Douglas Mckellar (D-TN)

Brien Douglas Mcmahon (D-CT)

James Michael Mead (D-NY)

Eugene Donald Millikin (R-CO)

Hugh Burnton Mitchell (D-WA)

Edward Hall Moore (R-OK)

Wayne Lyman Morse (R-OR)

John Lyman Moses (D-ND)

Orrice Abram Murdock (D-UT)

James Edward Murray (D-MT)

Francis John Myers (D-PA)

Wilbert Lee O'daniel (D-TX)

Joseph Christopher O'mahoney (D-WY)

John Holmes Overton (D-LA)

Claude Denson Pepper (D-FL)

George Lovic Radcliffe (D-MD)

Clyde Martin Reed (R-KS)

William Chapman Revercomb (R-WV)

Absalom Willis Robertson (D-VA)

Edward Vivian Robertson (R-WY)

Richard Brevard Russell (D-GA)

Leverett Brevard Saltonstall (R-MA)

James Graves Scrugham (D-NV)

Henrik Graves Shipstead (R-MN)

Howard Alexander Smith (R-NJ)

John Jackson Sparkman (D-AL)

William Abner Stanfill (R-KY)

Arthur Thomas Stewart (D-TN)

George Robinson Swift (D-AL)

Kingsley Arter Taft (R-OH)

Robert Alphonso Taft (R-OH)

Glen Hearst Taylor (D-ID)

Elbert Duncan Thomas (D-UT)

Elmer Duncan Thomas (D-OK)

John Duncan Thomas (R-ID)

John William Thomas (D-OK)

Charles William Tobey (R-NH)

Harry S. Truman (D-MO)

James Miller Tunnell (D-DE)

Millard Evelyn Tydings (D-MD)

William Bradley Umstead (D-NC)

Arthur Hendrick Vandenberg (R-MI)

Robert Ferdinand Wagner (D-NY)

Monrad Charles Wallgren (D-WA)

David Ignatius Walsh (D-MA)

Burton Kendall Wheeler (D-MT)

Kenneth Spicer Wherry (R-NE)

Wallace Humphrey White (R-ME)

Alexander Humphrey Wiley (R-WI)

Raymond Eugene Willis (R-IN)

George Allison Wilson (R-IA)

Milton Ruben Young (R-ND)

House of Representatives

Thomas Gerstle Abernethy (D-MS)

Sherman Gerstle Adams (R-NH)

Asa Leonard Allen (D-LA)

Leo Elwood Allen (R-IL)

James Lindsay Almond, Jr. (D-VA)

Herman Carl Andersen (R-MN)

Clinton Presba Anderson (D-NM)

John Zuinglius Anderson (R-CA)

August Herman Andresen (R-MN)

George William Andrews (D-AL)

Walter Gresham Andrews (R-NY)

Homer Daniel Angell (R-OR)

Leslie Cornelius Arends (R-IL)

Samuel Washington Arnold (R-MO)

James Coats Auchincloss (R-NJ)

Cleveland Monroe Bailey (D-WV)

Harry Streett Baldwin (D-MD)

Joseph Clark Baldwin (R-NY)

Graham Arthur Barden (D-NC)

Frank Aloysius Barrett (R-WY)

William Aloysius Barrett (D-PA)

William Bernard Barry (D-NY)

George Joseph Bates (R-MA)

Joseph Bengal Bates (D-KY)

James Glenn Beall (R-MD)

Lindley Garrison Beckworth (D-TX)

Charles Jasper Bell (D-MO)

George Harrison Bender (R-OH)

Augustus Witschief Bennet (R-NY)

Marion Tinsley Bennett (R-MO)

Andrew John Biemiller (D-WI)

Cecil William Bishop (R-IL)

William Wallace Blackney (R-MI)

Schuyler Otis Bland (D-VA)

Sol Otis Bloom (D-NY)

Frances Payne Bolton (R-OH)

Herbert Covington Bonner (D-NC)

Lyle H. Boren (D-OK)

Frank William Boykin (D-AL)

Frederick Van Bradley (R-MI)

Michael Joseph Bradley (D-PA)

Walter Ellsworth Brehm (R-OH)

Overton Ellsworth Brooks (D-LA)

Clarence J. Brown (R-OH)

Paul J. Brown (D-GA)

David Emmert Brumbaugh (R-PA)

Joseph Raleigh Bryson (D-SC)

Frank Raleigh Buchanan (D-PA)

Ellsworth Brewer Buck (R-NY)

Charles Anthony Buckley (D-NY)

Howard Homan Buffett (R-NE)

Alfred Lee Bulwinkle (D-NC)

Berkeley Lloyd Bunker (D-NV)

William Olin Burgin (D-NC)

John Cornelius Butler (R-NY)

William Thomas Byrne (D-NY)

John William Byrnes (R-WI)

Albert Sidney Camp (D-GA)

Howard Edmond Campbell (R-PA)

Gordon Edmond Canfield (R-NJ)

Arthur Patrick Cannon (D-FL)

Clarence Andrew Cannon (D-MO)

Frank Andrew Carlson (R-KS)

Albert Sidney Carnahan (D-MO)

Clifford Philip Case (R-NJ)

Francis Higbee Case (R-SD)

Emanuel Higbee Celler (D-NY)

Virgil Munday Chapman (D-KY)

Frank Leslie Chelf (D-KY)

John Edgar Chenoweth (R-CO)

Robert Bruce Chiperfield (R-IL)

Ralph Edwin Church (R-IL)

Jerome Bayard Clark (D-NC)

Charles Russell Clason (R-MA)

Earle C Clements (D-KY)

Cliff C Clevenger (R-OH)

Roy C Clippinger (R-IL)

John Joseph Cochran (D-MO)

John Main Coffee (D-WA)

Albert Mcdonald Cole (R-KS)

William Clay Cole (R-MO)

William Sterling Cole (R-NY)

William Meyers Colmer (D-MS)

Jesse Martin Combs (D-TX)

Harold Dunbar Cooley (D-NC)

Jere Dunbar Cooper (D-TN)

Robert James Corbett (R-PA)

William Wirt Courtney (D-TN)

Edward Eugene Cox (D-GA)

William Fadjo Cravens (D-AR)

Fred Lewis Crawford (R-MI)

Robert Lewis Crosser (D-OH)

Paul Harvey Cunningham (R-IA)

James Michael Curley (D-MA)

Carl Thomas Curtis (R-NE)

Thomas D'alesandro (D-MD)

Wesley Abner D'ewart (R-MT)

Ralph Hunter Daughton (D-VA)

Clifford Hunter Davis (D-TN)

William Levi Dawson (D-IL)

Emerson Hugh De Lacy (D-WA)

James Joseph Delaney (D-NY)

John Joseph Delaney (D-NY)

Samuel Joseph Dickstein (D-NY)

John David Dingell (D-MI)

Everett Mckinley Dirksen (R-IL)

James Isaac Dolliver (R-IA)

James Isaac Domengeaux (D-LA)

George Anthony Dondero (R-MI)

Robert Lee Doughton (D-NC)

Emily Taft Douglas (D-IL)

Helen Gahagan Douglas (D-CA)

Clyde Gilman Doyle (D-CA)

Patrick Henry Drewry (D-VA)

Carl Thomas Durham (D-NC)

Harold Henderson Earthman (D-TN)

Charles Aubrey Eaton (R-NJ)

Herman Peter Eberharter (D-PA)

Alfred James Elliott (D-CA)

Hubert Summers Ellis (R-WV)

Mathew Harris Ellsworth (R-OR)

Edward Julius Elsaesser (R-NY)

Charles Henry Elston (R-OH)

Albert Joseph Engel (R-MI)

Clair Joseph Engle (D-CA)

Joseph Wilson Ervin (D-NC)

Samuel James Ervin (D-NC)

George Hyde Fallon (D-MD)

Michael Aloysius Feighan (D-OH)

Frank Aloysius Fellows (R-ME)

Ivor David Fenton (R-PA)

Antonio Manuel Fernández (D-NM)

Ovie Clark Fisher (D-TX)

John William Flannagan (D-VA)

Daniel John Flood (D-PA)

John Edward Fogarty (D-RI)

John Hamlin Folger (D-NC)

Aime Joseph Forand (D-RI)

Hadwen Carlton Fuller (R-NY)

James Grove Fulton (R-PA)

William James Gallagher (D-MN)

Ralph Abernethy Gamble (R-NY)

Edward Joseph Gardner (D-OH)

Julian Vaughan Gary (D-VA)

Ezekiel Candler Gathings (D-AR)

Leon Harry Gavin (R-PA)

Bertrand Wesley Gearhart (R-CA)

James Patrick Geelan (D-CT)

Charles Lewis Gerlach (R-PA)

John Strickland Gibson (D-GA)

Charles Laceille Gifford (R-MA)

Dean Milton Gillespie (R-CO)

Wilson Darwin Gillette (R-PA)

George W. Gillie (R-IN)

Angier Louis Goodwin (R-MA)

Thomas Sylvy Gordon (D-IL)

Albert Arnold Gore, Sr. (D-TN)

Martin Arnold Gorski (D-IL)

Ed Lee Gossett (D-TX)

Louis Edward Graham (R-PA)

William Thomas Granahan (D-PA)

Walter Keil Granger (D-UT)

George Mcinvale Grant (D-AL)

Robert Allen Grant (R-IN)

William Joseph Green (D-PA)

Noble Jones Gregory (D-KY)

Percy Wilfred Griffiths (R-OH)

Chester Heilman Gross (R-PA)

Ralph Waldo Gwinn (R-NY)

John Williams Gwynne (R-IA)

Harold Christian Hagen Farmer LaboriteMN)

Robert Christian Hale (R-ME)

Edwin Arthur Hall (R-NY)

Leonard Wood Hall (R-NY)

Charles Abraham Halleck (R-IN)

Clarence Eugene Hancock (R-NY)

Thomas Millet Hand (R-NJ)

Butler Black Hare (D-SC)

Richard Fielding Harless (D-AZ)

Forest Arthur Harness (R-IN)

Oren Arthur Harris (D-AR)

Burr Powell Harrison (D-VA)

Edward Joseph Hart (D-NJ)

Fred Allan Hartley (R-NJ)

Franck Roberts Havenner (D-CA)

Lawrence Brooks Hays (D-AR)

Ned Romeyn Healy (D-CA)

Felix Edward Hébert (D-LA)

Erland Harold Hedrick (D-WV)

James Joseph Heffernan (D-NY)

James Vandaveer Heidinger (R-IL)

Joseph Edward Hendricks (D-FL)

Robert Kirkland Henry (R-WI)

Christian Archibald Herter (R-MA)

John Walter Heselton (R-MA)

William Emil Hess (R-OH)

William Silas Hill (R-CO)

John Carl Hinshaw (R-CA)

Samuel Francis Hobbs (D-AL)

Daniel Knabb Hoch (D-PA)

Charles Bernard Hoeven (R-IA)

Carl Henry Hoffman (R-PA)

Clare Eugene Hoffman (R-MI)

Chester Earl Holifield (D-CA)

Otis Halbert Holmes (R-WA)

Pehr Gustaf Holmes (R-MA)

Frank Eugene Hook (D-MI)

Clifford Ragsdale Hope (R-KS)

Walter Franklin Horan (R-WA)

George Evan Howell (R-IL)

Walter B. Huber (D-OH)

Merlin B. Hull ProgressiveWI)

Edouard Victor Izac (D-CA)

Henry Martin Jackson (D-WA)

Peterson Bryant Jarman (D-AL)

Thomas Albert Jenkins (R-OH)

John Albert Jennings (R-TN)

Benton Franklin Jensen (R-IA)

Anton Joseph Johnson (R-IL)

Jed Joseph Johnson (D-OK)

Justin Leroy Johnson (R-CA)

Luther Alexander Johnson (D-TX)

Lyndon Baines Johnson (D-TX)

Noble Jacob Johnson (R-IN)

Robert Franklin Jones (R-OH)

Bartel John Jonkman (R-MI)

Walter Henry Judd (R-MN)

Robert Winthrop Kean (R-NJ)

Bernard William Kearney (R-NY)

John William Kee (D-WV)

Frank Bateman Keefe (R-WI)

Carey Estes Kefauver (D-TN)

Augustine Bernard Kelley (D-PA)

Edward Austin Kelly (D-IL)

Eugene James Keogh (D-NY)

John Hosea Kerr (D-NC)

Clarence Evans Kilburn (R-NY)

Paul Joseph Kilday (D-TX)

Cecil Rhodes King (D-CA)

John Roland Kinzer (R-PA)

Michael Joseph Kirwan (D-OH)

Arthur George Klein (D-NY)

Harold George Knutson (R-MN)

Herman Paul Kopplemann (D-CT)

John Crain Kunkel (R-PA)

Charles Marion La Follette (R-IN)

Gerald Wayne Landis (R-IN)

Thomas Joseph Lane (D-MA)

Fritz Garland Lanham (D-TX)

Henry Dominique Larcade (D-LA)

Henry Jepson Latham (R-NY)

Karl Miles Le Compte (R-IA)

Jay Miles Le Fevre (R-NY)

Clarence Frederick Lea (D-CA)

William Frederick Lemke (R-ND)

John Frederick Lesinski (D-MI)

Earl Ramage Lewis (R-OH)

William Walter Link (D-IL)

Clare Boothe Luce (R-CT)

Louis Leon Ludlow (D-IN)

John Emmett Lyle (D-TX)

Walter Aloysius Lynch (D-NY)

Ray John Madden (D-IN)

George Herman Mahon (D-TX)

Paul Herbert Maloney (D-LA)

Carter Herbert Manasco (D-AL)

Helen Douglas Mankin (D-GA)

Joseph Jefferson Mansfield (D-TX)

Michael Joseph Mansfield (D-MT)

Vito Anthony Marcantonio American LaboriteNY)

Joseph William Martin (R-MA)

Thomas Ellsworth Martin (R-IA)

Noah Morgan Mason (R-IL)

Frank Asbury Mathews (R-NJ)

Andrew Jackson May (KY)

Samuel Kerns Mcconnell (R-PA)

John William Mccormack (D-MA)

Edward Oscar Mccowen (R-OH)

Gordon Leo Mcdonough (R-CA)

Daniel Rayford Mcgehee (D-MS)

Herbert Joseph Mcglinchey (D-PA)

J. Harry Mcgregor (R-OH)

Charles Edgar Mckenzie (D-LA)

John Lanneau Mcmillan (D-SC)

Rolla Coral Mcmillen (R-IL)

Chester Earl Merrow (R-NH)

Earl Cory Michener (R-MI)

Arthur Lewis Miller (R-NE)

George Paul Miller (D-CA)

Wilbur Daigh Mills (D-AR)

Almer Stillwell Monroney (D-OK)

Thomas Ellsworth Morgan (D-PA)

James Hobson Morrison (D-LA)

James Wheaton Mott (R-OR)

Karl Earl Mundt (R-SD)

John Robert Murdock (D-AZ)

John William Murphy (D-PA)

Reid Fred Murray (R-WI)

Thomas Jefferson Murray (D-TN)

Matthew Mansfield Neely (D-WV)

Albin Walter Norblad (R-OR)

William Frank Norrell (D-AR)

Mary Teresa Norton (D-NJ)

George Donoghue O'brien (D-MI)

Thomas Joseph O'brien (D-IL)

James Francis O'connor (D-MT)

Joseph Patrick O'hara (R-MN)

Alvin Edward O'konski (R-WI)

Emmet Edward O'neal (D-KY)

Donald Lawrence O'toole (D-NY)

George Elmer Outland (D-CA)

Stephen Elmer Pace (D-GA)

John William Patman (D-TX)

Luther William Patrick (D-AL)

Ellis Ellwood Patterson (D-CA)

Hugh Ellwood Peterson (D-GA)

James Hardin Peterson (D-FL)

Joseph Lawrence Pfeifer (D-NY)

Philip Joseph Philbin (D-MA)

John Joseph Phillips (R-CA)

Thomas Augustus Pickett (D-TX)

William Alvin Pittenger (R-MN)

Walter Christian Ploeser (R-MO)

Charles Albert Plumley (R-VT)

William Robert Poage (D-TX)

Adam Clayton Powell (D-NY)

David Lane Powers (R-NJ)

Eliza Jane Pratt (D-NC)

Charles Melvin Price (D-IL)

Emory Hilliard Price (D-FL)

James Percy Priest (D-TN)

Peter Anthony Quinn (D-NY)

Louis Charles Rabaut (D-MI)

Benjamin J. Rabin (D-NY)

Albert Mckinley Rains (D-AL)

Homer Alonzo Ramey (R-OH)

Robert C. Ramspeck (D-GA)

Jennings C. Randolph (D-WV)

John Elliott Rankin (D-MS)

Samuel Taliaferro Rayburn (D-TX)

Leo Frederick Rayfiel (D-NY)

Brazilla Carroll Reece (R-TN)

Chauncey William Reed (R-IL)

Daniel Alden Reed (R-NY)

Edward Herbert Rees (R-KS)

Alexander John Resa (D-IL)

Robert Fleming Rich (R-PA)

James Prioleau Richards (D-SC)

John Jacob Riley (D-SC)

Lucius Mendel Rivers (D-SC)

Ross Mendel Rizley (R-OK)

Charles Raymond Robertson (R-ND)

James William Robinson (D-UT)

John Marshall Robsion (R-KY)

Robert Fay Rockwell (R-CO)

Robert Lewis Rodgers (R-PA)

Dudley George Roe (D-MD)

James A. Roe (D-NY)

Dwight Laing Rogers (D-FL)

Edith Nourse Rogers (R-MA)

George Frederick Rogers (D-NY)

John James Rooney (D-NY)

William A. Rowan (D-IL)

Sam Morris Russell (D-TX)

Joseph Francis Ryter (D-CT)

Adolph Joachim Sabath (D-IL)

George Gregory Sadowski (D-MI)

Lansdale Ghiselin Sasscer (D-MD)

Dave Edward Satterfield (D-VA)

Charles Raymon Savage (D-WA)

George Blaine Schwabe (R-OK)

Max Blaine Schwabe (R-MO)

James Paul Scoblick (R-PA)

Errett Power Scrivner (R-KS)

Paul Werntz Shafer (R-MI)

Edgar Allan Sharp (R-NY)

Harry Richard Sheppard (D-CA)

John Edward Sheridan (D-PA)

Dewey Jackson Short (R-MO)

Robert Lee Sikes (D-FL)

Richard Murray Simpson (R-PA)

Sidney Elmer Simpson (R-IL)

Roger Caldwell Slaughter (D-MO)

Frederick Cleveland Smith (R-OH)

Howard Worth Smith (D-VA)

Lawrence Henry Smith (R-WI)

Margaret Chase Smith (R-ME)

John Buell Snyder (D-PA)

Andrew Lawrence Somers (D-NY)

John Jackson Sparkman (D-AL)

Brent Jackson Spence (D-KY)

Raymond Smiley Springer (R-IN)

Thomas Bahnson Stanley (D-VA)

Frank Thomas Starkey (D-MN)

Karl Thomas Stefan (R-NE)

William Henry Stevenson (R-WI)

Paul Henry Stewart (D-OK)

William Grady Stigler (D-OK)

Lowell Grady Stockman (R-OR)

John Berchmans Sullivan (D-MO)

Jessie Berchmans Sumner (R-IL)

Hatton William Sumners (D-TX)

Frank Leander Sundstrom (R-NJ)

John Leander Taber (R-NY)

Joseph Edward Talbot (R-CT)

Henry Oscar Talle (R-IA)

Malcolm Connor Tarver (D-GA)

Dean Park Taylor (R-NY)

Olin Earl Teague (D-TX)

William Richard Thom (D-OH)

Albert Richard Thomas (D-TX)

John Parnell Thomas (R-NJ)

Robert Ewing Thomason (D-TX)

Harve Ewing Tibbott (R-PA)

John Harvey Tolan (D-CA)

James H. Torrens (D-NY)

Harry Lancaster Towe (R-NJ)

Philip Andrew Traynor (D-DE)

James William Trimble (D-AR)

Carl William Vinson (D-GA)

Horace Jeremiah Voorhis (D-CA)

John Martin Vorys (R-OH)

Charles Wesley Vursell (R-IL)

James Wolcott Wadsworth (R-NY)

Francis Eugene Walter (D-PA)

Thaddeus Francis Wasielewski (D-WI)

Zebulon Francis Weaver (D-NC)

Alvin F. Weichel (R-OH)

Samuel Arthur Weiss (PA)

Richard Joseph Welch (R-CA)

Milton Horace West (D-TX)

Compton Ignatius White (D-ID)

Jamie Lloyd Whitten (D-MS)

William Madison Whittington (D-MS)

Victor Eugene Wickersham (D-OK)

Richard Bowditch Wigglesworth (R-MA)

Earl Bowditch Wilson (R-IN)

William Arthur Winstead (D-MS)

Thomas Daniel Winter (R-KS)

Jesse Paine Wolcott (R-MI)

James Paine Wolfenden (R-PA)

Charles Anderson Wolverton (R-NJ)

John Stephens Wood (D-GA)

Chase Going Woodhouse (D-CT)

Roy Orchard Woodruff (R-MI)

Clifton Alexander Woodrum (D-VA)

Francis Eugene Worley (D-TX)

Orville Eugene Zimmerman (D-MO)

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